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My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. Now that I'm retired I still use GNU/Linux on every computer in my home except the smartphones which run Android/Linux.Lately, I've been giving lots of thought to the world I inherited and which I will leave to my descendants. I'm planting grass, trees, flowers and vegetables in my large lot and I've ordered a Solo EV. I plan to charge my Solo by means of a tracking solar array. Life is good if you have a purpose. I do.
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Monthly Archives: February 2016
Old Nuclear Reactor Leaks Radiation
“In one location radioactivity levels rose nearly 65,000%, from 12,300 picocuries per liter to over 8,000,000 picocuries per liter. The Environmental Protection Agency’s maximum contaminant level for tritium in drinking water is 20,000 picocuries per liter, though Entergy, the company … Continue reading
Deja Vu
“When looking at the proportion of vulnerabilities discovered in 2015, Windows represented 50 percent of malware samples.” See Familiar Attacks Still Wreaking Havoc, HPE Cyber Risk Report FindsHP finds that 50% of malware involves That Other OS, you know, the one … Continue reading
ZFS Emerges Into The Fray
“if ZFS were statically linked with Linux and shipped as a single work, few would argue it was not a “work based on the Program†under GPLv2. And, if we believe there is no legal difference when we change that … Continue reading
2016 – GOP – RIP
“Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has easily won the US state of Nevada, cementing his lead in the race for the party’s nomination.” See US election 2016: Donald Trump sweeps to victory in Nevada – BBC NewsGoodbye, GOP. You’ve been hijacked … Continue reading
PostgreSQL Is Hot
“EnterpriseDB® (EDBâ„¢), the leading enterprise Postgres database company, today announced that public policy initiatives worldwide to use open source software in government have contributed to a sharp rise in the adoption of EDB Postgres. Globally, EDB government business has shown … Continue reading
Posted in technology
Tagged adoption, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, government, market share, migration, politics, server
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Illegal Copying Of TOOS v GNU/Linux
“The estimates predict that a 1% increase in the piracy rate in a given country is expected to result in a reduction of Linux user shares in the area of 0.5-0.65% depending on the model specification. Taking the estimates literally, … Continue reading
Posted in technology
Tagged adoption, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, market share, migration, that other OS, uptake
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Encryption – MariaDB
“Encryption of tables and tablespaces was added in MariaDB 10.1.3. There were substantial changes made in MariaDB 10.1.4, and the description below applies only to MariaDB 10.1.4 and later” See Data at Rest Encryption – MariaDB Knowledge BaseAlong with searching for … Continue reading
WD, What?
“There was no mention of Linux which is a shame since you would think that they are leveraging the community’s efforts in their products. But it was easy enough to connect my Lubuntu laptop as a Network File System (NFS) … Continue reading
Posted in technology
Tagged adoption, desktop, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, google, Linux, server, small cheap computers, uptake
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Praise Goodness! IceWeasel Could Be Renamed FireFox
“Mozilla & Debian both acknowledge that the branding issue mentioned in bug 354622 is no longer relevant. The Firefox logo was released under a free copyright license which matches the DFSG. To simplify the maintenance of the current stable Debian … Continue reading
Fruits and vegetables
“According to the Consumer Price Index, food prices increased by four per cent from Jan. 2015 to Jan. 2016. But fresh vegetables alone were up 18 per cent. For example, just in December, the price of tomatoes shot up by … Continue reading
Target: Linux Mint
“the breach was made via wordpress. From there they got a www-data shell” See The Linux Mint Blog » Blog Archive » Beware of hacked ISOs if you downloaded Linux Mint on February 20th!Linux Mint is still tiny compared to Debian … Continue reading
Another USAian School District Goes To ChromeBooks
“According to research the administrators distributed, the U.S. Department of Education found students that had access to a computer anywhere, anytime “became more creative, more collaborative and better writers,†while University of Kentucky researchers wrote “improvements in writing, literacy, science, … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, Teaching, technology
Tagged adoption, desktop, education, FLOSS, GNU/Linux, google, government, Linux, migration, netbook, politics, small cheap computers, thin client, uptake
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